Nicut has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.0 for each
1% of workers have no commute at all, next to 9% for Oklahoma as a whole. There are 1 jobs in Nicut; 95 of its residents have a job. Hardly any stay in Nicut for work; outside it, Fort Smith is the main destination (27%, 21 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who works in Nicut, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 95 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 1 people come in from elsewhere.
About 520 people are in Nicut on a workday afternoon, 15% fewer than live here.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Where Nicut goes to work
Where Nicut clocks in
27% of workers
9% of workers
8% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
The kinds of work in Nicut
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Nicut, 2013 → 2023: 51 → 1. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2023.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Nicut’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Commuting from Nicut: about 35 minutes a trip
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 11.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Nicut workers work from home, vs 9% across Oklahoma. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 167 commuters (the 1% who work from home are left out). Across Oklahoma: 85% drive alone, <1% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
How far Nicut goes to work
About 30% show a job over 50 miles away. Some of that is real, and some is employers that report every worker at a head office, so a few long commutes are on paper only.
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Around Nicut: the bordering towns
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Nicut workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nicut | – | — | — | 35 min | $36,164 |
| Belfonte | under 3% | — | — | 30 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Belfonte: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Nicut’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
- Two counts of out-of-state work. The Census survey asks workers where they work: 16% of Nicut workers work outside Oklahoma. The job records count 33% at employers in other states. The records use the address the employer reports and skip the self-employed, so the two can differ.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Nicut: questions
What is the median household income in Nicut?
$36,164 (±$1,639) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $65,039 across Oklahoma and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Nicut?
66.1%, against 15.3% across Oklahoma and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Nicut?
35 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Oklahoma and 26 nationally. 1% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Nicut work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Fort Smith (27%, 21 mi), Roland (9%, 13 mi), Muldrow (8%, 14 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Nicut without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 7% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Nicut, from the people who make the trip.
More of Nicut
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer.